Volume 1 Chapter 389 Strong Enemy
At the end of the second match day of the first round of the Champions League group stage, Fiorentina defeated Panathinaikos 3:0, and the rest of the results were: Bayern Munich l:UJ Vienna Speed, Juventus: l defeated Club Brugge, Arsenal:l repelled Thun, Sparta Prague l: Porphy Jax shook hands, Villarreal and Manchester United were also scoreless, Benfica l:0 made the away team Lille hate the Dragons Stadium, and Bremen was humiliated by Barcelona 0:0 at home.
The 16 matches in the first round are all over, except for Real Madrid, the giants have basically passed, and Serie A has become the biggest winner, only their four teams have won all of them, and suddenly it seems that they have the momentum of their heyday.
Lyon and Fiorentina beat Real Madrid 3-0 to Panathinaikos was the biggest margin difference in the second round and the two most surprising games of the round.
These two games directly changed the odds to win the championship and the top scorer odds to make a huge difference.
After the group draw, Chelsea, Barcelona and AC Milan are in the top three odds to win the title, with Real Madrid, Juventus, Manchester United, Arsenal, Inter Milan, Bayern Munich and Lyon in the top 10, while defending champions Liverpool are only in the top 10. Villarreal is in the top spot, Real Betis is 13th and Fiorentina are just 16th.
After the first round of matches, Real Madrid were kicked out of the top five for Lyon, Lyon themselves moved up to seventh, and Fiorentina, who easily beat Panathinaikos 3-0 at home, moved up from 16th to ll, tied with Villarreal, and became a formidable force in the Champions League.
As for Chen Yu himself, he is the only striker who scored a hat trick in this round, that is, with these three goals, Chen Yu has become the third favorite for the top scorer in the Champions League, only Sheva and Ronaldinho above him, but behind him are Van Nistelroo, Ronaldo, Henry, Raul and other superstars.
It can be said that Fiorentina led by Chen Yu as the captain is not favored by the outside world, but Chen Yu's own ability to score individual goals has been convinced by everyone.
In the Champions League, most of the top scorers appear in teams that can go further, and Fiorentina's odds to win the championship are only in the first place, that is to say, the outside world thinks that Fiorentina cannot enter the quarterfinals, but Chen Yu has every chance to get the top scorer, which is enough to show how terrifying Chen Yu's scoring ability is.
However, Chen Yu, who scored a hat-trick, did not become the most watched player in the first round, he can only be said to be one of the most watched players, because there is also a prodigy who stole part of Chen Yu's light.
This prodigy is called Leo. Messi, an Argentine, almost left football because of dwarfism as a child, but in Barcelona, Messi was cured of dwarfism and made a temporary appearance at the World Youth Championships in the Netherlands in the summer, leading Argentina to win the championship, winning the top scorer, and becoming one of the most promising newcomers.
In Italian football, Messi is well-known to many people because of the Gamble Cup, in this game, the Argentine little man played Juventus's defender back all over again, and after the game, Capello said that he wanted to buy Messi, but Rijkaard was determined not to sell.
In this game against Bremen, Messi came off the bench and created a penalty after ten minutes to help Fiorentina seal the win.
After the game, Messi did not score, but like Chen Yu, who scored 3 goals, he became the focus of discussion among fans and reporters, for Chen Yu, everyone felt a realistic threat, and for Messi, everyone was more worried about his potential, according to this momentum, Messi will soon become the best player in the world.
In the face of praise from the outside world, Chen Yu also saw that he didn't pay much attention to this player before, because there are too many players with potential and talent, but there are very few who really become superstars, and the current media has no discipline, as long as they can attract attention, they dare to write anything.
Now Chen Yu feels that this young man is indeed not simple, he checked Messi's level through the star development system, and this check can make Chen Yu jump, because Messi's level turned out to be the king level, and Maradona and Pele are at the same level.
After watching Messi's level, Chen Yu took a look at several young people who have been outstanding recently, Robinho, Xiao Xiao Luo, including Montolivo and Pacini in his team, and found that Xiao Xiao Luo is also a top superstar, second only to the football king, but the limelight Robinho is not even a superstar, Montolivo is also a top star, but this is already very strong, and superstars are not able to appear every year.
After the search, Chen Yu stood in a daze for several minutes, and then firmly remembered the name, Leo. Messi, this will be the big enemy in his career, after thinking about it, Chen Yu silently added the name Xiao Xiaoluo in his heart, both of which were his biggest enemies before retiring.
After defeating the invading Panathinaikos, Fiorentina did not have time to enjoy the joy of victory, for them, the battle had just begun.
In the third round of Serie A, Fiorentina once again faced a strong opponent, this is Udinese, who competed with Fiorentina Inter Milan for a Champions League place for a while last season.
When Udinese coach Luciano Spalletti insisted on moving to the capital, and when Pizarro, Jankulovski, and Kroldrup were sold for cash, most people thought Udinese chairman Pozo was crazy. But new head coach Kosmi gave all doubters a resounding slap in the face with two victories.
In the first two rounds of the league, Udinese also won two in a row, but the goal difference was not as good as Fiorentina, ranking behind, and it is worth mentioning that the opponent Udinese defeated in the last round was Roma.
The good thing is that once this hard time passes, Fiorentina will play a lot easier in the games behind, and the disadvantage is that now Fiorentina has not run in well, and frequently encounters strong opponents, maybe they will miss if they are not careful.
For such a game, Fiorentina coach Prandelli said before the game, "It's a tough battle, the level and fighting power of both teams are in the middle of the middle, whoever wants to win will not be easy, we have Chen Yu and Toney, they Di Michele and Iaquinta, Obodo's role in Fiorentina last season is obvious to all, and now he and Muntari are in the back of Udinese, which will cause us a lot of problems." There's DeSantis, who is now Italy's number two and we have to get past him if we want to win, and I hope our strikers can continue to play that leg in the Champions League. ”
Prandelli is very jealous of Udinese, Udinese is more afraid of Fiorentina, although both teams have changed coaches, but the style of play of the two teams has not completely changed, in a sense, the managers of the two teams are very similar, and the style of play is similar, and Fiorentina's level of players seems to be a little higher than Udinese.
In the face of strong opponents, Udinese coach Kosmi expressed his concern before leaving for Fiorentina, "We have encountered the most difficult bone to gnaw, I would rather play Juventus and Milan City, I don't want to play Fiorentina, Prandelli likes to play attacking football, but he is very pragmatic, he attaches great importance to defense, it is not easy to take advantage of his loopholes, and what is more troublesome is that they still have Chen, I can't think of how to deal with him now, maybe I should let my players bring a pistol." ”
After a joke, Kosmi added: "Of course we don't have a chance, as long as we play our own characteristics, control the opponent's arrows and play the counter-attack well, or we can surprise a little bit at Frankie." ”